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  • A Palace, some Moms, and Disney on Ice

    Saturday, October 4th, 2008
    Disney on Ice
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    Guess what Kaitlyn and I did yesterday? We went to the Palace of Auburn Hills where we met up with a bunch of other blogger/writer Moms (most from the Detroit area) and Stacy and Abbey from MomCentral, and then we saw the show Disney on Ice!

    MomCentral is working with Feld Entertainment, the company that produces both Disney on Ice and the Ringling Bros. Circus to promote the upcoming Ringling Bros. Circus show at the Palace of Auburn Hills. We met in the very nice Caesars Windsor Club dining area. Jamie from Feld Entertainment had done a terrific job of anticipating keeping all of our children entertained; each table had coloring sheets and crayons, small bottles of bubbles, stickers, and tattoos. And a giant rubber cap to wear that looks like the hair of Bello, star of the Ringling Bros. show “Bellobration“, the one I went to with my husband and kids last month.

    I was thrilled to see Stacy, CEO of MomCentral and one of my fellow “Pampers Moms”, at the event. I wish she was my next-door neighbor because whenever we see each other we just start gabbing away like we’ve never been apart. She and her team did a great job of assembling a diverse group of Moms. There were just a few bloggers, myself, Andrea from Mommy’s Martini and Shanda from Mommies United. Here’s me with Andrea on the left and Stacy on the right:

    And me with the completely adorable and very hard-working Abbey from MomCentral. We last saw each other at BlogHer this past July:

    After we chatted for a while we got our tickets to the show and made our way down to our seats, which were in Row A (thanks Feld Entertainment!). The theme of this Disney on Ice show is that The Incredibles go to Disneyland for vacation, and of course they are trying to hide the fact that they are Super Heroes and just have a good time, but wherever they go in the park, weird things happen that make them think they need to use their powers. They go on the Jungle Cruise, the Frontierland Train, to Space Mountain, and then to Main Street for the parade. Here’s a photo from that part-the Incredibles are on the left of the photo. Dash is in the yellow shirt, Violet is in the purple.

    But then Syndrome shows up and kidnaps Mickey and Minnie! Mr. Incredible calls his best friend and partner Frozone for help, and calls Edna Mode to bring them their Super Suits. I did my best to get photos that were lit correctly and not blurry, which wasn’t easy. Here’s one of The Incredible family and Edna after they get their suits:

    In case you were wondering, Baby Jack-Jack is played by a large doll, which Mrs. Incredible either holds in her arms or wears in a back carrier. Edna holds him only while Mrs. Incredible is skating around showing off her suit. Here’s one of the “Main Street Parade” part of the show. The kids in the audience were losing their dang minds at the sight of Mickey and Minnie:

    If you look closely you can also spot Chip and Dale, Cinderella in her carriage, her Fairy Godmother, Goofy, Ballou from Jungle Book, Snow White (in the back in the red and yellow dress), Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum and the Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland, and Alice herself (just to the right of Ballou). Kaitlyn was fascinated, the only time she even talked during the whole show was to tell me that she needed her Pull Up changed. Here she is holding the Baby Jack-Jack souvenir that she picked. She loves anything that looks like a baby even if it does have a black mask over it’s eyes:

    It was a great show and I really appreciate Feld Entertainment and MomCentral arranging for Kaitlyn and I to see it! I’ll be following up this post with details and photos from our trip to see Bellobration, which we saw in Grand Rapids but will be at the Palace of Auburn Hills from Nov. 12-16. If you’re reading this and you are in the Detroit area, you should really go see it.

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  • Party At SuperTiff’s!

    Monday, August 4th, 2008

    I had such a great time on Friday night meeting up with Tiffany, Missy, Aimee, and Andrea, plus Tiffany’s friend Amber was there too. Look how gorgeous we all look!

    Andrea’s not in that photo, she got to the party a little late. Because her four and a half year old son wrote out her directions which were a little hard for her to decipher :)

    And Tiffany used to be a bartender at Bennigan’s, so she has this like Blender Mojo when it comes to making Strawberry Daiquiris. With frozen strawberries, frozen pineapple chunks, and a banana to mellow things out. They were thick and frosty and SO GOOD.

    We just talked and talked, Andrea showed me how to twist my hair into a bun and told us about how she won Whoorl’s Hair Thursday contest. Missy told me about her job as a Classroom Assistant to a young boy, and Aimee brought her husband and told me about how she started blogging. I had such a good time hanging out with other bloggers and not having to run off to some activity, it was great to just be able to chat.

    Missy tried her hardest to make me not leave! It’s so not fair that she lives in Australia which is a zillion miles away. She is such an awesome person to talk to! You wouldn’t think a 41 year old housewife would have anything in common with a 23 year old University Student and childcare worker, but that’s the magic of blogging, it brings people together. I just hope it brings me and Missy together again some day because darn it, she’s adorable and fun and smart, and I’m always going to think of her as my friend.

    We started out the evening at Tiffany’s Mom’s house, but then we moved to the house that Tiff and her boyfriend just bought, which was just one neighborhood over. Pizza was ordered (it was really good, too), more wine and other beverages were served (I switched to Diet Coke), and there was Rock Band. I attempted to sing, it was not pretty, but it was fun! And then the battery in my camera died, so I had no photos from then on.

    By 11:30 PM I was wearing out, so I said my goodbyes and headed to the Courtyard by Marriott in Ann Arbor to get some sleep. Why did I check into a hotel? Well, I had a crappy day on Friday, and wrote a post about it, and Miss Britt left me a comment saying that it sounded like I could use a night in a hotel. Which seemed like such a good idea! I was only there from about midnight until just after 9 AM, but it seemed more responsible to me that I stay there than drive home tired in the dark for an hour and a half. I woke up Saturday morning, had breakfast at the hotel, and drove home.

    Tiffany says she wants to make these meetups a regular thing, so I hopefully will be seeing all these gorgeous gals again really soon! Thanks again for being such a great hostess, Tiff!

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